Rochester Hometown Christmas Parade Dec. 7 (Compiled, Nov. 21, 2014) Name: Rochester Hometown Christmas Parade Date: December 7, 2014 Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST Website: http://www.rrc-mi.com Location: Main Street Rochester, MI 48307 Event Description: Join us for a Sunday afternoon at the 63rd Annual Rochester Hometown Christmas Parade on Main Street in Downtown…
Farm to Table Brunch with Santa Dec. 14 (Compiled, Nov. 21, 2014) Imagine a skillfully prepared, bountiful brunch – all artfully composed from only local, fresh, healthy ingredients – presented to you by one of the area’s finest catering companies The Ideal Bite Catering. Now imagine your children gleefully sharing their holiday wishes with Santa Claus as…
Birmingham Winter Markt Dec. 6 (Compiled, Nov. 21, 2014) Shain Park will come alive with activity during the City of Birmingham’s fifth annual Birmingham Winter Markt event. Attendees will enjoy European food and drinks, gift items, holiday greens, crafts, ice carving demonstrations, roaming Elsa princess (Saturday afternoon only), live reindeer, warming stations, a Kinderhaus children’s activity…
Ferndale Holiday Showplace Dec. 6 (Compiled, Nov. 21, 2014) Holiday Show Place “Arts and Craft Fair” Saturday, December 6 9am-3pm at the Kulick Community Center We are currently accepting vendor applications, if you are interested in becoming a vendor, please return completed form to the Kulick Community Center 1201 Livernois or fax 248-544-6768 More info…
Berkley Hometown Holidays Dec. 6 December 6, 2014 In the afternoon Free Vintage Trolley Rides from 1 pm to 5:00 pm Trolley stops along 12 Mile Road from Greenfield to Coolidge Hwy. and on Coolidge Hwy. from 12 Mile Road to 11 Mile Road. Look for the Trolley Stop signs for passenger pick up locations.…
Madison Heights Holiday Tree Lighting Nov. 24th (Compiled, Nov. 21, 2014) Join in the excitement on Monday, November 24th as Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive to turn on the City Holiday Lights! This festive beginning to the holiday season will be held in the Civic Center Plaza starting at 6:00 pm. The Mayor will welcome…
Madison Heights Holiday Tree Lighting Nov. 24th (Compiled, Nov. 21, 2014) Join in the excitement on Monday, November 24th as Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive to turn on the City Holiday Lights! This festive beginning to the holiday season will be held in the Civic Center Plaza starting at 6:00 pm. The Mayor will welcome…
Downtown Milford Annual Christmas Parade Nov. 29 (Compiled, Nov. 21, 2014) Event: Annual Christmas Parade Date: 11/29/2014 Time: 10 am Location: Downtown Milford Details: Sponsored by the Huron Valley Chamber of Commerce For more information visit http://www.meetmeinmilford.com/1/oakland_county_michigan/calendar.asp?EventID=34852 or http://www.huronvcc.com.
Downtown Milford Annual Christmas Parade Nov. 29 (Compiled, Nov. 21, 2014) Event: Annual Christmas Parade Date: 11/29/2014 Time: 10 am Location: Downtown Milford Details: Sponsored by the Huron Valley Chamber of Commerce For more information visit http://www.meetmeinmilford.com/1/oakland_county_michigan/calendar.asp?EventID=34852 or http://www.huronvcc.com.
Highland Tree Lighting and Sing Along Dec. 8 (Compiled, Nov. 21, 2014) Tree lighting, caroling, refreshments and of course Santa! Event is Dec. 8 at 7pm. The Highland Downtown Development Authority is pleased to present the annual Highland Twp. Tree Lighting in Veteran’s Park (corner of John St. and W. Livingston in Highland Station).…
Seniors Hope to Regain Their Voice as Leadership Changes in Ferndale Housing Commission (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 20, 2014) The Ferndale Housing Commission has given Director Deborah Wilson a deadline to resign. Wilson was arrested Nov. 3 after being caught by police coming out of a resident’s apartment with 21 stolen Percocet pills in her…
Engaging the Royal Oak Community: Judy Davids (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 18, 2014) If you want to know what’s going on in Royal Oak, just ask Judy Davids. For three years this was a fact known to all who followed Davids’ work as Editor of the Royal Oak Patch. And now that the website…
“Alex from Target” to Visit Royal Oak, $20 for a Picture, Nov. 29 (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 19, 2014) Alex from Target will be at Emagine Theater in Royal Oak on Nov. 29 to meet adoring fans. Alex is famous after a teenage girl took a picture of him bagging groceries at a Target in…
Free Training on Mental Health to Help Youth Dec. 6 (HACC, Nov. 19, 2014) A young person you know could be experiencing a mental illness or crisis. Do you know how to help? The Holly Area Community Coalition, in partnership with Rose Hill Center, is offering Youth Mental Health First Aid Training. This training is…
The Oakland Owner Talks About Importance of Supporting Local (Ferndale Career Center #SupportLocal Blog, Sandy Levine of The Oakland, Nov. 18, 2014) When I started in the restaurant industry at the ripe old age of 11, I was already a really competitive kid. I loved sports and hated losing. It seemed natural that in…
Hazel Park Tree Lighting Ceremony at Viking Arena Nov. 25 (press release, Nov. 18, 2014) It’s that time of year again! The annual Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place at the Hazel Park Viking Ice Arena next Tuesday, November 25th at 6:30 p.m. There will be free open skating, hot chocolate and popcorn. Santa…
Volunteers Clean Up Baldwin Ave. in Pontiac (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 17, 2014) About a dozen volunteers from Cross Streets and Shepherd’s Fold Community Church braved the chilly weather on Sunday to pick up litter and debris along Baldwin Avenue between Caesar Chavez and Montcalm. “We’re trying to show support for Hope Warming Shelter,”…
Republicans Seek to Change County Elections and Electoral College Vote Distribution (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 17, 2014) Five Republican State Representatives from Oakland County have introduced legislation that would change the election date of the County Executive from Presidential Election Years to Midterm Election Years. HB 5953 was introduced Nov. 12 by Klint Klesto of…
Birmingham Students Visit DC to Talk about Project Cope Initiative (Birmingham Schools Press Release, Nov. 16, 2014) Birmingham Covington School students certainly didn’t do it for the glory, but their achievements over the last two years have catapulted them into the spotlight. Former fifth and sixth grade students from BCS have taken their service learning…
State of Michigan Tells Court: Marriages Never Existed (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 16, 2014) As attorneys wait to see if the case of DeBoer v. Snyder goes to the Supreme Court, the battle continues over whether the State of Michigan should recognize the 300 marriages performed in the window of time when same-sex marriage was…